Alcohol and Other Drugs - Information

Alcohol is the most commonly used drug in our society and on campus, with cannabis ranking as a distant second.

From UHS:

• Alcohol and Sex
• Alcohol Emergency
• Choose to be Safe and Legal
• Helping a Friend
• Hosting Off-Campus Parties
• Medical Amnesty
• Problem Drinking
• The Effects of Combining Alcohol with Other Drugs
• Stay in the Blue (about blood alcohol concentration)
• Tobacco Cessation Help

From other sources, primarily the National Institute on Drug Abuse:

• Bath salts : The White House Office of National Drug Control Policy has issued a nationwide warning about the dangers of legal synthetic drugs often marketed as bath salts, while some states moved to ban them.
• Cocaine
• Ecstacy
• GHB, Rohypnol and other "club drugs"
• Heroin
• Cannabis:
  • New information regarding law change: https://news.dpss.umich.edu/2018/11/983
    

     

    https://dpss.umich.edu/content/prevention-education/safety-tips/alcohol-drugs/marijuana-u-m-faq/

  • Marijuana from the National Institute on Drug Abuse
  • Adverse Health Effects of Marijuana Use in the New England Journal of Medicine, June 5, 2014
• Methamphetmine
• Prescription medications:
  • National Institute on Drug Abuse
  • Educate before You Medicate
• Steroids

See also Resources for Alcohol and Other Drugs